Tough canadian half dimes and a rare J nickel

[Detect History]

Went to the seated field for a couple of hours a couple of days ago and again today for a couple. I have a good buddy coming all across America to hunt with me, so I have left him half the show. I re hunted the part I hunted before and only picked up 2 wheats I missed. I was basically aiming to pull as much trash out of "my half" as I could today. I walked the dividing line and didn't get anything on my last pass. I turned around and swung the coil all the way to the right. Outside the line I walked but on my half of the field. Hit a beautiful 1914 FISHSCALE (half dime). It was a 1914. The hunt before, I got a nice 1935 J nickel and a 1917 FISHSCALE.

We are going on an epic 10 day road trip to hand picked spots. Video and pics to follow!!!

This could be amazing!

 

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[WHADIFIND]

Sounds and looks like a good trip.

Nice finds!

By the by, why is it called a "J" nickel?

HH!

 

[Wildcat1750]

Nice find. I like the way Canada had so many different nickel designs! You folks even have a V Nickel.

 

[Detect History]

It's called a "J" because of the 5. The one before it is the FISHSCALE. Size of the US half dime.

They are a treat to find because they ring in awful

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds Detect History!

 

[GioTheGreek]

I love those little old silvers, my man! Keep 'em coming!

 

[Iron Patch]

It's called a "J" because of the 5. The one before it is the FISHSCALE. Size of the US half dime.

They are a treat to find because they ring in awful

I've found a fair number of those George V nickels, mostly around much older stuff, and most do leave me scratching my head of what type of target to expect. It's one of the very few things that fools me that way. Oh, and of course I do also use a Minelab.

 

[jewelerguy]

cool finds for sure

 

[pepperj]

It's called a "J" because of the 5. The one before it is the FISHSCALE. Size of the US half dime.

They are a treat to find because they ring in awful

I'll just say that you have the reason completely wrong with why it's called a J Nickel. Here's the real reason the nickels from 1922-1936 were of a new design and made purely of nickel and making them tricky to find. There was an administrator/member on the Canadian forum that loved the design of this coin and could never find one. I coined the phrase J NICKEL the J being the initial of her first name. So there you have it, the history of the J Nickel.

 

[Detect History]

I always thought it was because of the 5!!!

An honor to meet the namer of the j nickel lol

Do you know if she found one yet!? That's my fourth one. They do ring in terrible.

 

[burglarifyoulike]

very nice! And what a great friend you are indeed! Hope you have a blast and find lots of history together on your outing!

 

[pepperj]

I always thought it was because of the 5!!!

An honor to meet the namer of the j nickel lol

Do you know if she found one yet!? That's my fourth one. They do ring in terrible.

No problem with the correction of the J Nickel
Sorry I don't know if she's found one since her last posting.

 

[Detect History]

It was tough to not hunt the other half! I have pulled 10 old silvers from the first half, including the 1853 seated half dime. I figure its fair if he's flying in from Seattle he should have a good intro to Canada !! I can always hunt it after he leaves right

 

[oldsalty19]